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Aisa Des Hai Mera marks veteran director Lekh Tandon's return to the small screen. It's a story about Rusty (she could have had a better name) a half-Indian-half-Brit girl and her search for her true identity and also her fight to win over her Indian father's family in Chandigarh. The story so far: Rusty grew up in London almost as an orphan considering her Indian father and British mother had separated leading to the latter marrying an alcoholic Englishman. With the mother dead and the father away in India, Rusty's stepfather makes matters worse for the girl. However in a strange turn of circumstances, Rusty meets her biological father, Randhir Sindgh Deol and after the initial misunderstanding, Rusty decides to forgive him and come to India. Meanwhile, Deol, unable to convince his second wife and his family to accept his daughter, is dejected. The father and daughter cross paths with the former going back to London while the daughter comes to Punjab. Who's in it: Veteran actors Ranjeet, Beena, Kanwaljeet Singh, Dolly Minhas and Soumya Tandon who makes her debut as Rusty.
Upside: The under-rated actor Kanwaljeet Singh and Soumya who acts well and despite her puton Brit accent and blond hair (strangely, as a child, she's shown to have black hair, may be she got them streaked to suit her halfBrit genes) manages to touch a chord. In terms of visuals too it's a relief to see the streets of London and the fields in Punjab. Downside: If they could avoid those camera flashes (close up shots of actors shown thrice over with deafening background music), K-soap style. Should you be watching it? Yes, because it is a good enough prime time watching alternative.
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